Collar attachments



Jan. 13, 1959 K.' J. wlrrTENBERG COLLAR ATTACHMENTS 2vSheets-Sheet. 1

Filed Jan. 5, 1956 A INVENTOR. l KENNETHJMrrf/vafke Jan. 13, 1959 K. J.WITTENBERG COLLAR ATTACHMENTS 2 Shveets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 3, 1956 IN VEN TOR.

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United States Patent() .This invention -relates to new Yand usefulimprovements yin collary attachments,4 and more` particularlyto :suchadevice adapted for vusen/ith softshirt collars Aused ,by the .militaryto retain the wings of suchcollars in..a. ne,at`and attractivecondition, and havinganeansembodiedlherein for accurately locating ,onthe ,co1lar wings,.the ,usua1 insignias or ornaments, asrequired by themilitary.

lt is well known that 4theprrrilitaryisdivided ,intomany differentbranches of service, such` as, rf or instancegthe Corps of Engineers,Infantry, Field Artillery, `Quartermaster Corps, and many others. .Eachsuch branchofv the military service is' known by its ownspecic insignia,which insignias are usually worn yon the wings mof `each servicemansshirt co-llar. Qcers ranks, such .as Lieutenant, and Captain, ,are ,alsodesignated by :certain specie ornaments which, 4in like manner,e may beattached to the wings of each ofcers shirt collar. v

Army regulations require kthat,al1 such, insignias and ornaments must beaccurately located on`the collarwings, whereby when each 'such insigniaor ornament is3attached to a collar wing, it--will ybe spaced downwardlyal given distance from the top edge of the collar, yand upwardly alsimilar distance -rom the bottom edge ofthecollarwing. It must also bespaced rearwardlyva 'givenldistance'lfrom the front upright edgeofthecol1ar-wing. This-requirement is known-in the-m`ilitary-asgStandard 4Operating Procedure, or S. 0. 1P.

To thus accurately locate vtheffvarious insignias-andornaments` on thecollars yof servicemenls Lshirts, as now being done, requiresconsiderable time--and--patience on `the part of each Iserviceman, andit l`is -there'fore highly Vdesirable that meansbe provided.l forfacilitatingfthe operation of attaching the.variousinsigniaslandornaments Ito the wings of soft shirt collars, whereby suchoperationsVmay be greatlyexpedited,l and .with'fthe-,assurance that all insigniasand ornaments will 4be :accurately located.l on 4the f wings -of Vtheirrespective'ishirt: collars,ain accordance :with

lmilitary S. O. P. t

An important object. of `the-` present 'invention,"-rthere fore, 'is toprovide vafcollar stay having means -embodied therein forquicklytandtaccurately -zlocating.-and securing aL selected insignia-orornamentito'therwings of a collar, whereby the serviceman :mayzbe:assuredthat the lattachment of theinsignia-tofhiswshirtcollar willfullyrmeetthe requirements :of the military S. O:P.

' A further objectof l:theginvention:isffto providea collar stay,including anniL elongated longitudinally,extensible member comprising anintermediate ytubular asection, .a lower section having one endslidablyneeeived infthe'lOWer end of saidintermediatetubnlarysectionrandhaving-means at its flower; endforgengagngpth-lower .tip iof .agcollar win/g, `and anfvnpper sectionbeing-,secured :toiqthe upper end portion of.said;tubularsection.andfhaving means at its upper endforvengagementwithinfthefold at-the;11PPer edge ,of the collar,spring.means beingprovided within the tubular rsection for,constantlyurging the rupper and lower ends offthe composite stayspintoloperative,engagement with lthe collar wing,-"u'lherebyv thevv stay may be 'in-`-emember :for facilitating theoperation Offaeeuratel ingaan.insigniar@ornamentoufthe .collar Wing- ..4.,. and` an .upper .Section.5.

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.'Separeblysecnred tethe collar wins, thereby to fretainethe fwingftaut,and means .alsobeing vprovided,.onv d stay .A further object zisgtovprovide a -rcolmbined epllarfstay and insignia 4locator.-nv,hich, inaddition to keeping acollar wing in its normal extended position,alsofprovides -nieans for quickly accuratelyglocatingan:insignia Lorornament on -the collar Lin accordance with .the requirements A c )fithemilitary `S. 0...,P. v y j Other objects ,of theinvention reside inifthe simple. and inexpensive construction .of the fgeQmbirledVCollar.,Stymlrid insignia locator,. whereby it maybe lmanufacturedinquantity production'.,at-yery low costgin Jthe noyelimeans provided forsecuringl the upper gend portiornofl the ,cornposite collar istay,tothe,intermediatetubular -seetiQDpf .thecompositestay, whereby 4saidupper.,sectionycannqtgelatively rotateY with respect to the intermediatetubular section, and also whereby .thelaterallyextending armwhigh.Provides the meansforaecnratelyfleeatinsthe.insignia@ ornament on thecollar wing =isretainedfin ned ,relation relative to the upperanlulower,edges-io-f` ,the collarsyving; Lin the Provision etsueh yanattachment which issequllv useful on collars of the closedor yopen type;,and ,inmthe ,provision 0f such a. device 'having means.ferseeilr'ingthe insignia erfernement .to the cellar., wherebyit@anamneeidentally become deteehedtherefrem.

Theseand ether Objects ,Qithe invention and .themeens for theirattainment will be, morerapparent from the f.following description takenin connection vyithgthe accompanying'drawings.

jIn `the accompanying drawings there `has been' jdisClAQsed astructurevdesigned to carry out' the various ,objects of the invention, b ut itisto be understood thattheinvention is not confined vtof'the exactfeatures 'shown,as various changesimaybe'made within the scope of theclaims which follow. 'Y i l :In the drawings:

YFigure `1 Ais a-vieweshowingv onewing of a soft shirt collarwith a-military ornament properly'posi-tioned thereon --in-accordance withthe-invention herein disclosed,` and -tin complia'ncewith military S.-O.V P. vv(StandardOperating Procedure);

Figure 2V is a view showing the general construction lof vthe compositeycollar stayywhichfalso `functions -as =alocator initially "locate :aninsignia tor ornament f on fafcollar wing;

"-Eigure `5 .f is a -lfragmentary View showing :an-ornament:abouttobepressedintozlocking engagement with a collar owing;

Figure 6v is a viewsimilar. toFigure 5,jfbut showing the.eornamentrmlyaixedftotthe collar .wingg f':Eigure 7 is a-view.similartotFigure 'Lbutvshowingan ornament in the formof a bar;

Figure 18,;is `a-fragmentary yiewrsimilar .torligure 5, `showingalpintype l ornament about to. be isecureds to .the frying of a collarginaccordancefwith: the presen-t invention;

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,Figure9 is `a yiewtsim'ilar to :Figure 8,.but.showing'the ornamentsecuredto thevcollartvving. 1

The novel ogllarpttachnient h ereinftdiselosed eisibest ,illustrated 1inFigure 2 land comprises eompesitefcollar stay, generally f designatedkYby-tthe .numerak-,Zfi dineren yintermediate elongated. tubularsection;3, a low rt Section The'lower section 4nis.,nrevided'gatlits.lowenendtwithga spur 6 'adapted to pierce thefabricof the tip of the collar I VVcomposite stay 2 is fabricated'. 4,

` To secure the'combined upper section 5 and laterally" 'iwing, asindicated in '-Figures 2 and The upper end.

portion of the lower section 4 is telescopically -received within thelower end portion of the intermediate tubular p section 3. The uppersection S ofl the stay 2 has a head l Av7 adapted to twithin the fold 8at the upperA edge' of the collar; as best illustrated in 'Figure 2. .Asuitable "spring, not shown, is provided within the tubular member 3 ofthe stay fand is engaged withfthe inner end of the A feature of theinventionresides in the provision 0f i AA-the laterally extending arm 9of the upper section 5 which providesthe means for accurately locatingthe insignia or ornament 11 on the collar wing, as shown in Figures11,'4'and 7. The arm 9 is preferably integrally formed with the uppersection 5, and isY located in the planeiof :"the head 7. To preventrelative rotation of arm 9 on the `ftubularmember 3 of the compositestay 2, va securing 'element 12 is provided on the'upper end of theinter- I'mediate tubular section 3, and initially vextends outwardly@therefrom as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 2. A similarsecuring element'13 is provided on the intery mediate portion of thetubular member 3 and normally [is extended as indicated by the dottedlines 14. vSecuring .j elements 12 and 13 may, if desired, be integrallyformed `vwith the metal from which the tubular section 3 vof the(extending arm 9 to the tubular member 3, the lowerend portionof section"'5 is placed against the upper end portion of member 3 and against theextendedgsec'uring ellehments 12 and 13. Element 12 is thenfoldedaroundvsecr tion and around the upper end of the tubular section3. The lower extended end portion 14 of securing element vlar section'3and becomes, in eiect, an integral part of the composite stay 2..Securing element 13 also serves j as a gusset plate to maintain arm 9 ata xed angle to the .upp'er'section 5, which isnecessary to assure thatthe ornament will be accurately located on the collarwing, 1f whenapplied thereto.

A, Another important feature of the present invention re- `sides in themeans provided'in conjunction with the larm l9 of the stay 2 foraccurately locating the various in- .signias and ornaments` onthe wingsoffmilitary shirt collars, as hereinbefore stated.

Such means is shown comprising a circular disk 15 @which is rotatablymounted on the outer endv of arm 9. iTo Ythus mount disk 15 on arm 9,the latter may be proivided with a terminal eye 16 adapted to receivea'pivot pin or rivet 17 which also is received'in an aperture prolvidedin disk 15. Thus, when the collar stay 2 is attached :to a collar wing,as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 7, the disk will be located a givendistance from the stay 2, and midways between the upper and lower edgesAof the collar wing, as required by the military S. O. P.

` Most military insignias or ornaments'usually comprise y an outer shell18, which may be secured to an anchor plate 19 by such means as a stud21, suitably secured at one end to the shell 18. The projecting endportion of stud l21 may be threaded, as indicated in Figure`5, to

facilitate securing it to the anchor plate 19.

yThe anchor plate 19 of each ornament 18 has secured `thereto a pair ofspaced prongs or pins 22, the projecting "terminals of which aresharpened, as shown in Figure 5,

-' to facilitate forcing the pins through the fabrick ofthc collar winginto locking engagement with `a pair ofsecur` ling devices, generally.designated by the numeral 23.

lower section 4, and thus constantly tends to elongate Y the stay,thereby to inseparably retain the stay in proper 1 position on thecollar wing, as is well known.

These securing devices are well known in the art, and therefore need notbe described in detail herein. Briey, they frictionally grip the prongs22, when pressed thereonto into engagement with the locating disk 15 ofthe present invention. Each securing device 23 is provided with manuallyoperable means for releasing them from their respective prongs 22, whenfor some reason it becomes necessary to completely detach the .collarstay, disk 15 and anchor plate 19 from the collar, `as for example, whenthe collar is' to be laundered.

As is well known,v the personnel of the various branches of the militaryservice are known by the specic insignias or ornaments worn on theiruniforms or shirt collars. These ornaments are of various shapes andsizes, and hence may require slightly different mounting means. As anexample, the spacing between the prongs 22 of one ornament may differfrom the spacing between the prongs v of another ornament, and so on,whereby it may be necessary to provide the locating disk 15 with severalpairs of spaced apertures, such as Aj-A, B-B, C-C, and D'D, as bestillustrated in Figures 2 and` 7, each such pair of spaced aperturesserving to locate a given insignia or vemblem onA the 'collar ring.

' ornaments such asl illustrated in Figures 8 and 9.

The insignia or emblem 11, shown in Figure l, is corlrectly located onthe collar wing n accordance with the military S. O. P. When so located,the spacing a between the uppermost portion of the insignia or ornamentyto the top edge 24 of the collar, and the spacing b between thelowermost edge vof the ornament to the bottom edge 25 of the collar arethe same, or approximately onev half inch. The spacing c from theupright front edge 26 y of the collar to the nearest edge portion of theornament y or insignia'is approximately one inch.-

In Figure 7 there `is illustrated an oicers bar 27 correctly located ona collar wing, wherein the upper and lower ends of the ornament arespaced equi-distant fromthe ltop and bottom edges 24 and 25,respectively, of the collar, as illustrated. VThe front marginal edge ofbar 271is'also spaced Yone inch from the front edge 26 of the collar"wing, as in FigureY 1. It will also be noted by reference to Figure 7that the longitudinal axis of ornament or bar 27 is perpendicular to theupperV edge 24 of the collar. s

Insignias or ornaments worn by the personnel of the -various branches ofthe military service are now furnished by different manufacturers, andconsequently the spacing between the prongs of the insignias or emblemsof one manufacturer may not coincide with the spacing provided in thelsame type of ornament lmacle by another manufacturer. Because r of suchvariations in the spacing between the prongs of given ornaments orinsignias made vby different manufacturers, the apertures provided inthe locating'disk 15 must be located therein in accordance with theparticular ornaments andV insignias to be used.

' O nce thelocations of the various sets of apertures have 'beendetermined such pairs of apertures maybe permanently located in thedisks 15 by the manufacturer,

' as will be understood.

To embody the various pairs of apertures A-A, B-B,

'VC-4C and D D in the disk 15 during manufacture thereof, themanufacturer must irst'determine the correct lof cations kfor said pairsof apertures in disk 15. This may readily be accomplishedrby rst placingthe composite `4device against the top or outer surface vof the collarwing las shown in Figure- 4the collar wing preferably being placed upona flat supporting'surface suchv as a tabletop,

vinsignia or ornament, such as 11, towhis collar wing, he ffiist placesvthe composite device ron the .top of thecollar jwing, as 'shownin'Figure 4."The gdisk 15 is then relatively rotated on `arrn` "9 toAbringthe selected pair of apertures C-Clintofregistry-with pins 22 ofinsignia 11.

The pins 22-are then passed throughpertures CfC and into contact withthe fabric of the collar wing, whereby pins 22 make indentations in thesurface of the fabric, as will be understood. The composite device maythen be removed from the top or outer surface of the collar wing, afterwhich the pins 22 of the insignia are forced through the fabric, asshown in the upper portion of Figure 5. The composite device is thenplaced against the underside of the collar wing with the pins 22traversing apertures C-C, whereby the collar stay 2 of the compositedevice will lie directly under seam 28, as best shown in Figure 7. Whenso positioned, spur 6 of the stay 2 is in piercing engagement with thetop of the collar wing and the triangular head 7 at the upper end of thestay is seated in the fold of the upper edge 24 of the collar, wherebythe combined collar stay and insignia locator is not likely toaccidently become detached from the wearers shirt collar.

It is to be understood, of course, that the various pairs of aperturesA-A, B-B, C-C and D-D, and also the embossings E-E are so located indisk 15, that when a given insignia or emblem such as 11, is to beattached to a collar, and its spaced prongs 22 are inserted through thefabric of the collar and through the pair of apertures C-C in disk 15,said insignia or emblem will be accurately located on the collar wing,as hereinbefore stated. The rotatable mounting of disk 15 on arm 9permits the disk to be rotatably adjusted thereon, whereby the differentpairs of apertures in disk 15 may be moved into operative positionsrelative to the collar wing to accurately position thereon theparticular insignia or emblem associated with each pair of aperturesA-A, B-B, C-C and D-D.

The combined collar stay and emblem locating disk 15 is thus completelyconcealed behind the collar wing, when in use, as clearly illustrated inFigures 1 and 7. It will also be understood by reference to Figures and6, that the prongs 22 of emblem 11 pass through the fabric of the collarwing and through apertures C-C in disk 15, and are fixed to disk by theclutching devices 23, as hereinbefore stated.

Figures 8 and 9 illustrate the manner of securing a pintype ornament tothe collar wing by the use of the present invention. As here shown, thecollar wing 29 is positioned over the locating disk 15 and the pin 31 ofornament 32 is then inserted through the fabric of the collar wing, andthrough the embossings E-E and into engagement with the keeper or catch33 of the ornament, as best shown in Figure 9. When the ornament is soattached to the collar wing, it will be accurately positioned thereonwith respect to the three adjacent edges 24, 25 and 26 of the collarwing, and is not likely to accidently become detached therefrom.

The novel combined collar stay and ornament locator herein disclosed hasbeen found extremely practical in actual use. It functions equally wellwith open or closed collars, and assures the serviceman that when theornament is attached to the collar wing, it will be accuratelypositioned thereon in accordance with the military S. O. P.

When it becomes necessary to clean and polish the ornament, it mayreadily be detached from the collar in the usual manner` When sodetached from the collar, the holes left in the fabric by the pin 31, orprongs 22,

6 may yreadily be mtedand will serve as guide. when replacing theOrnament on the .cellar 'eftetnolishina `and with the assurance that itwill .be ,ac cuggatefly` ppsitioned thereon. The cellar-s121312 anddisk'1115 may, also readily be detached from the collar` wing,y when theshirtjs- ,toy fbe laundered, by Simms/.releasing thee/pur' 6 jef..theCellar vSter .from thetp `of the cellar wingratter whiehthe entiredevice may Areadily be removed :fr emthe eollarln the process .oflaundering .the Shirt, .'JtheJhQ1eS' jin the fabric of the collar left.bythe Apin 31, ,or ,prongs 22,

s may disappear from sight because ofdthenthreads ofl the fabricreturning to their normal positions. 'The'ornamenh however, may readilybe returned to its normal position on the collar wing by inserting thepin 31 through the fabric of the collar and through the embossings E-E,as hereinbefore stated, whereby the operation of accurately replacingthe ornament on the collar wing becomes a very simple one.

Thus, the device disclosed in the present application serves the dualfunction of retaining the collar wing in its normal condition, and atthe same time provides means for accurately locating the insignia orornament on the collar wing. The laterally extending arm 9 to which thedisk 15 is pivotally secured, is preferably made integral with the uppersection 5 of the stay 2, as best illustrated in Figures 2 and 7, and assaid section and arm are xedly secured to the tubular section 3 of thestay by the securing elements or lugs 12 and 13, the section 5 cannotrelatively rotate with respect to the intermediate tubular section 3 ofthe stay, whereby the spur 6 and triangular headv 7 of the stay arealways properly positioned relative to the collar wing when the deviceis attached thereto, as shown in Figures 2, 4 and 7 of the drawings.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness ofunderstanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understoodtherefrom, and the appended claims should be construed as broadly aspermissible in view of the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a combined collar stay and ornament locator, an elongated staymember comprising an intermediate tubular section, a lower sectionhaving its upper end portion slidably supported in the lower end portionof said tubular section, whereby it may be extended therefrom to engagethe tip of a collar wing, said stay also having an upper section xedlysecured thereto and provided with a head for engaging in the fold at theupper edge of a collar, an arm having lone end xedly secured to saidstay and extending laterally therefrom, a disk pivotally mounted on theouter end of said arm, said disk having a plurality of pairs of spacedapertures therein, each adapted to receive the securing prongs of agiven insignia or ornament, thereby to facilitate accurately locatingthe insignia or ornament upon the collar wing. y

2. A device in accordance with claim l, wherein said disk also hasspaced embossngs therein for receiving the elongated pin of aconventional pin-type ornament.

3. A device in accordance with claim l, wherein said arm is madeintegral with the upper stay section.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein said intermediate tubularsection is provided at its upper end porti-on with vertically spacedlugs adapted to be wrapped about said upper section and said laterallyextending arm, thereby to fixedly secure said arm to said tubularmember.

5. ln a device of the class described, an elongated member comprisingdual telescopic sections connected together for axial movement, one ofvsaid sections having terminal means for engaging the fold yat the upperedge -of a collar wing, and the other of said sections having means forengaging the tip of the collar wing, means urging said sections intoextended positions to secure the device to the collar wing, an armextending laterally from said elongated member, and a plate-like elementpivoted to the outer end of said longitudinally extending arm and@having spaced means therein for receiving the usual securing pins oryprongs of a given insignia or ornament.

,6. In a .device ofthe Iclass described, an elongated member comprisingdual telescopic sections connected tol.gether for axial movement, one ofsaid sections having 5 [terminal means for engaging the fold at theupper edge lof a c'ollar wing, and the other of said sections havingmeans for engaging the tip of the collar wing', means urging saidsections into extended positions to secure the defvice to the collarWing, an arm extending lateraliy from 3, said elongated member, and aplate-like element pivoted 1 to the outer end of said longitudinallyextending arm and Cohen' l Oct. 26, 1954 2,735,104 Finan Feb. 21, 19562,795,795 Hobbs 'June 18, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS' 682,966

Germany Oct. 25, 1939

